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Chapters 22-25
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A people oriented city
What is ecocity
100
Living more sustainable by using and wasting less matter and energy, reusing, recycling, and controlling human population growth.
What is Low-throughput economy
100
Individuals persuade legislatures to vote or act in there favor
What is lobbying
100
The worldview that thinks we have the ethical responsibility to be stewards of each other
What is stewardship
100
Shacks made from corrugated metal, junked cars or rusted shipping containers
What are Squatter Settlements and Shantytowns
200
A metropolitan area that usually has an excess of 10 million people in the area
What is a megacity
200
Comparing estimated costs and benefits for environmental actions such as implementing a pollution control regulation
What is cost-benefit analysis
200
Strategic Lawsuits Against Puplic Participation
What is SLAPP
200
An experiment where scientists tried to create a microcosm of the earth that would help us understand how to live more sustainably
What is the Biosphere 2 Project
200
Designating parcels of land for particular types of use
What is Zoning
300
The creation and growth of urban areas, or cities and their surrounding developed lands
What is Urbanization
300
Mimics nature by recycling and reusing most matter outputs instead of dumping them into the environment
What is matter recycling and reuse economy
300
Unwritten rules that are derived rom thousands of past legal decisions
What is common law
300
The idea that the earth supplies enough for everyone's needs but not for their greed and wants
What is voluntary simplicity
300
The growth of low density developement on the edges of cities or towns
What is Urban Sprawl
400
This time of planning is used to determine the best present and future use of each parcel of land
What is land-use planning
400
Cost of a good when it's internal and it's estimated short and long term external costs are included
What is full-cost pricing
400
This person made extreme actions to clean up the Nashua River
Who is Marion Stoddart
400
The Worldview that thinks we should appreciate all forms of life, consuming less, and emphasizing our vital needs not our greed and wants
What is Deep Ecology
400
The rate of increase of urban populations
What is Urban Growth
500
This encourages a more environmentally sustainable developement that reduces dependence on cars, controls, and direct sprawl
What is Smart Growth
500
Attempting to boost economic growth by increasing the flow of matter and energy resources to produce goods and services
What is a high-throughput economy
500
A body of statements defining what is acceptable environmental behavior and attempting to balance competing social and private interests
What is environmental law
500
The Worldview that thinks we are part of the community of life and the ecological processes that sustain life
What is Planetary Management
500
A Social institution through which goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed to satisfy people's wants and needs
What is an Economic System